Benefit sanctions statistics: background information and methodology
Information about sanctions statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp benefit sanctions statistics provide information on the following benefits:
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Income Support
- Universal Credit
Updates to this page
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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp section on the Status of the statistics has been updated. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Quality Statement has also been updated. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest release of sanctions statistics has been published today (14 May 2024).
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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp document has been updated throughout to show that the sanctions statistics are now classed as 'official statistics in development'. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest release of sanctions statistics has been published today (14 November 2023).
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Updated Table 1: Sanction Reasons and Level - the Reason groups in the table now include 'Work Focused Interviews/Work Search Reviews/Jobseeker’s Directions'. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest release of sanctions statistics has been published today (15 November 2022).
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Added information about the rounding of data in some sanction statistics tables, »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest release of sanctions statistics has been published today, 23 February 2020.
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Revised to support the latest release of benefit sanctions statistics, also published today (11 August 2020). Information added to the limitations of the statistics section - about how sanction decisions are recorded.
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Published revised version, now dated May 2019. This has been updated to support the latest release of sanctions statistics (these have data to January 2019).
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Published a revised version of 'Benefit sanctions statistics: background information and methodology'. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp new version is dated February 2018 and has been updated to support the latest release of sanctions statistics.
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Published a revised version of 'Benefit sanctions statistics: background information and methodology'. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp new version is dated November 2017 and has been updated to support the latest release of sanctions statistics.
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Published revised 'Benefit sanctions statistics: background information and methodology'. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp new version is dated August 2017 and includes information on durations and the latest sanction rate graphs for JSA and ESA. Also states medical conditions for ESA claimants with a sanction decision are available on Stat-Xplore.
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Published a revised version of 'Benefit sanctions statistics: background information and methodology'. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp new version is dated May 2017 and includes information on Income Support statistics.
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Published a revised version of the background information and methodology PDF - new version is dated February 2017.
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First published.